Music fans pledge £19,000 to keep popular Kinross gig spot ticking over
Kinross music venue Backstage has been saved from closure by a crowdfunding campaign into which fans chipped in £19,000.More than 400 music fans donated to the fundraiser which was promoted under the #saveourvenues banner.Backstage had tried three times and each time been deemed ineligible to receive funding from the recent government-backed Cultural Recovery Fund.Now with the cash boost in the bag - after eight desperate months without income due to the COVID pandemic - the venue will be safe until the end of March 2021.Killiecrankie Visitor Centre could become a cafeLast week the PA reported how musicians, including John Rhino Edwards of Status Quo and blues guitarist Danny Bryant, took to social media to show their support for the